Butuan City – An undetermined number of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were believed killed after a fierce encounter with government troops Tuesday morning, the military said yesterday.
An initial report coming from the 13th Regional Public Safety Batallion (13thRPSB) and Butuan City Public Safety Company (BCPSC) said a gun battle erupted at around 8 a.m. Tuesday after local police responded to calls made by residents of highland Barangay Manila De Bugabos that insurgents were present in their village.
Personnel from the 13th RPSB, led by Insp. Jun C. Formocod, and the BCPSC, under Insp. Randie M. Azote, engaged the rebels in a skirmish before the latter retreated into the mountainous area of the barangay.
The fleeing rebels were members of guerilla-Front Committee 4-A of the CPP-NPA Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC), he said.
The lawmen also detained eight persons, who were suspiciously seen roaming in the vicinity of the encounter. The identities of those detained were withheld, pending the result of the investigation being conducted by authorities.
The police at the encounter site two caliber-.45 pistols with magazines and live ammunitions, two bandoliers with six magazines and Caliber 5.56mm ammunition, medical kit with medicines and several subversive documents, PRO 13 RPIO added.
http://www.mb.com.ph/police-send-npas-packing-after-butuan-skirmish/
An initial report coming from the 13th Regional Public Safety Batallion (13thRPSB) and Butuan City Public Safety Company (BCPSC) said a gun battle erupted at around 8 a.m. Tuesday after local police responded to calls made by residents of highland Barangay Manila De Bugabos that insurgents were present in their village.
Personnel from the 13th RPSB, led by Insp. Jun C. Formocod, and the BCPSC, under Insp. Randie M. Azote, engaged the rebels in a skirmish before the latter retreated into the mountainous area of the barangay.
“The rebels, carrying along with them their casualties, retreated deep into the mountainous area, and are now being pursued by our police force battalion,” the Regional Public Information Officer (RPIO) of Police Regional Office 13 (PRO 13) said, quoting the initial report coming from the field.
The lawmen also detained eight persons, who were suspiciously seen roaming in the vicinity of the encounter. The identities of those detained were withheld, pending the result of the investigation being conducted by authorities.
The police at the encounter site two caliber-.45 pistols with magazines and live ammunitions, two bandoliers with six magazines and Caliber 5.56mm ammunition, medical kit with medicines and several subversive documents, PRO 13 RPIO added.
http://www.mb.com.ph/police-send-npas-packing-after-butuan-skirmish/
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